El Diario de la Tarde durante la década de 1840. Fait divers, folletín y lectura por entretenimiento en tiempos de Rosas
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2021
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Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes. Escuela de Historia
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Es cierto que hitos varios de la “modernización” del periódico porteño deben buscarse hacia el último cuarto del siglo XIX. Sin embargo, esto no significa que no hubiese habido “modernizaciones” previas, en lo que es mejor comprender como un lento y continuo proceso de transformación en las propuestas editoriales de la prensa en Buenos Aires. En particular, los veinte años del Diario de la Tarde (1831-1852) iluminan este proceso, a pesar de presentarse originalmente como otro papel “político y mercantil” y ser encasillado en la bibliografía durante los últimos ciento cincuenta años simplemente como prensa “adicta” a Rosas. En este artículo argumentamos que este y otros periódicos editados durante los 1840, encarnaron una verdadera renovación formal, en la cual la lectura por entretenimiento funcionó como impulsora privilegiado que solo muy recientemente ha comenzado a ser reevaluado desde la historia de la prensa (Pas, 2016; 2019). Además de presentar y contextualizar la publicación en cuestión, nos enfocaremos en reconstruir la integración a la propuesta editorial de dos recursos concretos que consolidaron un registro nuevo, entretenido, en el diario: los fait divers y el folletín con novelas por entregas.
It is true that several milestones in the "modernization" of the Buenos Aires' newspapers should be sought towards the last quarter of the 19th century. However, this does not mean that there had not been previous "modernizations", in what is better understood as a slow and continuous process of transformation in the press' editorial proposals. In particular, Diario de la Tarde (1831-1852) sheds light on this process, despite originally presenting itself as just another "political and commercial" daily, and being desmissed in the bibliography for the last one hundred and fifty years simply as a paper "addicted" to Juan Manuel de Rosas. In this article we argue that Diario de la Tarde, as well as other newspapers published during 1840, embody a formal renovation, in which reading for entertainment functioned as a driver of such renovation, one that only very recently has begun to be reevaluated by press historians (Pas, 2016; 2019). In addition to present and chronollogically contextualize the newspaper, we will focus on reconstructing the integration of two specific resources that cemented a new function, enterteinment, in the newspaper: fait divers and the feuilleton with serialized novels.
It is true that several milestones in the "modernization" of the Buenos Aires' newspapers should be sought towards the last quarter of the 19th century. However, this does not mean that there had not been previous "modernizations", in what is better understood as a slow and continuous process of transformation in the press' editorial proposals. In particular, Diario de la Tarde (1831-1852) sheds light on this process, despite originally presenting itself as just another "political and commercial" daily, and being desmissed in the bibliography for the last one hundred and fifty years simply as a paper "addicted" to Juan Manuel de Rosas. In this article we argue that Diario de la Tarde, as well as other newspapers published during 1840, embody a formal renovation, in which reading for entertainment functioned as a driver of such renovation, one that only very recently has begun to be reevaluated by press historians (Pas, 2016; 2019). In addition to present and chronollogically contextualize the newspaper, we will focus on reconstructing the integration of two specific resources that cemented a new function, enterteinment, in the newspaper: fait divers and the feuilleton with serialized novels.
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Prensa, Lectura por entretenimiento, Fait divers, Folletín, Novela por entregas, Buenos Aires, Siglo XIX